Cancer sufferer seeking to build arboretum

LONGVIEW, TX (KLTV) - An east Texas man is in a unique position of knowing he is dying, and having one more dream to achieve. He has an incurable cancer, but has one more thing to do before he goes. After retiring in 2000, 73 year old Dencil Marsh of Longview got on a mission to build a park. The often overflowing Grace Creek area is the target.

"I got to thinking well what does Longview need, but all of the sudden it occurred to me that we could take that liability and turn it into an asset with an arboretum urban forest project" says Marsh.

But time is short, he was diagnosed with the rare Waldenstrom macro-globulinemia, a type of lymphoma, and given 3 years to live. That was 3 years ago. Marsh isn't ready to go.

"We have young men and women everyday that go out and try to accomplish something for our country to make the world a better place and they don't quit, I believe that the natural beauty of east Texas is a marketable asset that very few people know about" he says.

Marsh leased 28 acres from the city, with a grand plan. Marsh's vision for the place is pretty amazing, he sees waterfalls and bridges a children's garden even an amphitheater, it's a little piece of the outdoors right in our backyard.

He's been lobbying for an arboretum on Grace Creek near Maude Cobb since 2002. Even sick he's been clearing trails himself.

Bullard is ready to compete for a playoff spot in the District of Doom.

Once again, we are giving you two Red Zone rundowns for the price of one. Just like in Lindale, the Bullard players are learning a new head coach during fall camp. East Texas native Scott Callaway is now in charge of the Panthers program.

Once again, we are giving you two Red Zone rundowns for the price of one. Just like in Lindale, the Bullard players are learning a new head coach during fall camp. East Texas native Scott Callaway is now in charge of the Panthers program.

With the smallest enrollment in District 17-5A, and really across the entire classification, Lindale could use that as an excuse for a sub-par season. But under defensive coordinator, turned head coach Chris Cochran, that won't be the case.

With the smallest enrollment in District 17-5A, and really across the entire classification, Lindale could use that as an excuse for a sub-par season. But under defensive coordinator, turned head coach Chris Cochran, that won't be the case.

"A lot of people thought tonight was about peaceful protesters countering something," event speaker DG Montalvo said. "But it wasn't. It was about getting together and encouraging each other without ideology."

"A lot of people thought tonight was about peaceful protesters countering something," event speaker DG Montalvo said. "But it wasn't. It was about getting together and encouraging each other without ideology."